Guilford hangs on to the top spot in the in the Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll, edging out Methodist seven first-place votes to six and 389 overall points to 383. But it’s enough for a second-straight stop atop the polls.
The Quakers, led by senior James Mishoe, finished third in their final regular-season event, the Wynlakes Spring Invitational.
Last time, Guilford ended Illinois Wesleyan’s run as the top-ranked team in Div. III. IWU was No. 1 for eight polls.
Huntingdon, Emory and Illinois Wesleyan, which received a first-place vote, round out the top five. Piedmont, which checks in at No. 6, garnered two first-place votes. Wittenberg made the biggest move, going up nine spots from No. 21 to No. 12.
Division III
| Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Guilford (7) | 389 | 1 |
| 2 | Methodist (6) | 383 | 2 |
| 3 | Huntingdon | 364 | 3 |
| 4 | Emory | 346 | 4 |
| 5 | Illinois Wesleyan (1) | 338 | 5 |
| 6 | Piedmont (2) | 314 | 6 |
| 7 | Carnegie Mellon | 285 | 8 |
| 8 | Trinity University (TX) | 248 | 10 |
| 9 | Washington & Lee | 205 | 11 |
| 10 | Pfeiffer | 199 | 16 |
| 11 | Greensboro | 179 | 7 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 178 | 21 |
| 13 | McMurry | 174 | 17 |
| 14 | Averett | 150 | 13 |
| 15 | LaGrange | 143 | 18 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 128 | 14 |
| 17 | University of Texas-Dallas | 124 | 25 |
| 18 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 120 | 15 |
| 19 | Oglethorpe | 110 | 12 |
| 20 | Hampden-Sydney | 101 | 9 |
| 21 | Concordia University (TX) | 94 | 23 |
| 22 | St. Thomas (MN) | 84 | 20 |
| 23 | Redlands | 83 | 24 |
| 24 | Gustavus Adolphus | 63 | 22 |
| 25 | Aurora University | 48 | NR |
Dropped From Ranking: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (19).
Others receiving votes: Southwestern (TX), 46; Wisconsin Eau-Claire, 46; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 43; Saint Johns (MN), 33; Rochester, 30; Webster Univ., 19; Sewanee: The Univ. of the South, 16; Skidmore, 16; Rhodes, 13; Willamette, 13; Univ. of Dallas, 12; Concordia (WI), 8; New York Univ. 8; Babson, 7; Denison Univ., 6; Texas Lutheran, 6; Nebraska Wesleyan, 5; Williams, 5; DePauw, 2; Hardin-Simmons, 2; Transylvania, 2; Calvin, 1; Franklin, 1; York College (PA), 1.